Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tonoloway Fort, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 3.5 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 27.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Overlook · 5 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Devils Nose · 7 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Widmyer Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Joseph Hancock Jr. Primitive Park: 1.7 mi
- Widmyer Park: 1.7 mi
- Kirk Woods Park: 1.9 mi
- Gerber Field: 2.2 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 1.9 mi
- Long Point: 5.2 mi
- Fluted Rocks: 5.9 mi
- Short Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Prospect Rock: 7.0 mi
- Tonoloway Fort: 1.4 mi
- Round Top Cement Mill: 1.5 mi
- Berkeley Springs Baths: 3.9 mi
- Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage: 3.9 mi
- George Washington's Bathtub: 3.9 mi
- Hancock Museum: 1.8 mi
- Museum of Berkeley Springs: 3.8 mi
- CCC museum: 11.4 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 13.4 mi
- Belle Boyd House: 19.7 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 3.9 mi
- Dawson Spring: 13.8 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 14.0 mi
- Big Spring: 14.4 mi
- Natural Spring: 14.9 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 11.4 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 11.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 16.3 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.3 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 18.2 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 5.1 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 5.2 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Sideling Hill Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 3.7 mi
- The Igloo: 24.6 mi
- The Lockings: 9.4 mi
- The Little Point: 18.2 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SSW 206° | 789 m | 18.0 mi |
| Emmaville Mountain | N 355° | 690 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | SSW 211° | 673 m | 11.5 mi |
| Cross Mountain | ENE 72° | 627 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Lockings | NNW 332° | 618 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | E 79° | 616 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | S 179° | 580 m | 15.2 mi |
| Purslane Mountain | SW 236° | 568 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356518353
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 2 mi
- Hedgesville · 14 mi
- Mercersburg · 19 mi
- Martinsburg · 20 mi
- Washington County · 21 mi
- Hagerstown · 26 mi
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